Chinese Symbolism In Jade Pieces From The Gwenneth Haines Collection

Category: Asian Art

In Chinese culture, plant, animal and other symbols have been used  for thousands of years to represent ideas...

Chinoiserie: Europe’s Fascination with Eastern Culture and Design

Category: Decorative Arts

The “exotic” has inspired western design and style for centuries, with writers, designers and artists drawing from...

Collectable 19th Century Australian Jewellery

Category: Jewels

The discovery of gold deposits in Australia brought about significant economic, political, and social changes...

Diamond: The Birthstone of April

Category: Jewels

Sparkling with unmatched brilliance and internal fire...

Ethel Carrick Fox and Emanuel Phillips Fox: A Historic Partnership

Category: Art

Emanuel Phillips Fox and Ethel Carrick Fox remain two of Australia’s most revered Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painters...

Collectors Still Gather

Several years ago in Hong Kong I was hitching a ride on one of their fantastically long subway escalators when I noticed a series of beautiful adverti...

The Hula Hoop Reinvented

Category: Luxury

I love it when designers reinvent the wheel. Clever Karl Lagerfeld created...

Patricia Kontos Joins Leonard Joel

Category: Jewels

We are thrilled to advise of a new appointment and the expansion of our office network...

The Story of Papunya Tula

Category: Indigenous Art

In Australia’s centre, some 250kms west of Alice Springs, Papunya in 1971 was known as a government reserve...

IFAW’s continued work to rescue and protect animals around the world  

Category: The 22nd Report

Despite the unprecedented obstacles the COVID-19 pandemic has presented, the International Fund for Animal Welfare’s work never stopped...